In an era where the concepts from George Orwell’s 1984 seem less like fiction and more like the daily news, expatriates around the globe are finding themselves at the crossroads of increased surveillance and shifting political winds.

In 1948, George Orwell penned "1984," a novel that became synonymous with the dangers of intrusive government surveillance. Fast forward to 2024, and the dystopian surveillance state imagined by Orwell seems eerily prescient in the context of international financial data sharing among governments and tax authorities.